CNN Marketplace 2006-03-15

Your credit score could be changing without you doing a thing, reports CNN's Susan Lisovicz.
Susan Lisovicz: The 3 major credit reporting bureaus have teamed up to create a new scoring system. The move's expected to make life easier for both borrowers and lenders, because the 3 companies will use the same method finally to determine a credit score.
Scores will range now from 501 to 990.

If you've got TiVo, you will now be able to easily record all of the shows voted best in children's educational and informational programming recommended by the Parents' Choice Foundation. They can rely on the menu of a particular group that chooses values and beliefs that they think mirror theirs. And make sure that the entire, set of offerings of the kid's quality TV is always showing up for their kids to watch. TiVo CEO Tom Rodgers.

BMW says they'll start serial¹ production of a hydrogen burning 7-series executive car within 2 years. BMW had said last year its hydrogen fueled cars which emit only water vapor² would make their debut³ in 2010.

March madness is not just about basketball anymore. As part of their March madness promotion⁴, GM says they'll start offering buyers up to $1500 back per vehicle to try and get get rid of the inventory⁵ sitting in dealer⁶ lots for at least 3 months.

And if you are getting an email from the Internal Revenue Service, CNN's John Lawrence reports, this is one time you will be able to disregard what it says.
John Lawrence: Be very suspicious if you receive an email claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service.
Nancy Math: The IRS will not send an email to taxpayers⁷ period. That's not the way we communicate with our customers.
John Lawrence: Spokeswoman Nancy Math says scam emails that claimed to be from the IRS are being sent out telling people to click onto a certain website.
Nancy Math:Once you get there, they will ask you for all kinds of information, like your bank account numbers, credit card numbers, all kinds of information that we would never ask for anywhere.
John Lawrence:To get more information from the IRS call 1-800-829-1040, John Lawrence CNN. "
With CNN Radio Marketplace, I'm Michelle Wright.

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WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

3 major credit reporting bureaus :There are three main credit bureaus in the US: (1) TRW (Experian), (2) TU (Trans Union), and (3) CBI (Equifax).
Internal Revenue Service(IRS):The IRS is the US government agency responsible for tax collection and tax law enforcement. Contains downloadable forms, instructions, and agency publications.
hydrogen burning :Burning hydrogen produces pure water instead of green house gases, and it is by far the most energetic fuel on earth

1 serial   

n.连本影片，连本电视节目；adj.连续的

参考例句：

• A new serial is starting on television tonight.今晚电视开播一部新的电视连续剧。
• Can you account for the serial failures in our experiment?你能解释我们实验屡屡失败的原因吗？

2 vapor   

n.蒸汽，雾气

参考例句：

• The cold wind condenses vapor into rain.冷风使水蒸气凝结成雨。
• This new machine sometimes transpires a lot of hot vapor.这部机器有时排出大量的热气。

3 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

4 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

5 inventory   

n.详细目录，存货清单

参考例句：

• Some stores inventory their stock once a week.有些商店每周清点存货一次。
• We will need to call on our supplier to get more inventory.我们必须请供应商送来更多存货。

6 dealer   

n.商人，贩子

参考例句：

• The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。
• The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。

7 taxpayers   

纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
• She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。